Three Musicians (1921) - Pablo Picasso
Everyone knows about Picasso; he was the pioneer of the cubism movement in the early 20th century. Personally, I don't particularly fancy cubist artwork (because I find the paintings too "crazy."), but I can't deny that it is quite fun to look at them sometimes - objects are broken into pieces and re-assembled in an abstract form - which makes me feel like I'm playing the advance level in those "hidden object games" on Yahoo!
Musical instruments seemed to be favoured by Picasso. Beside the Three Musicians as seen above, what do you think of this one called, simply Musical Instruments (1912)? How many instruments can you find in the painting?
Let's play a game! You can see 3 Picasso paintings of musical instruments below, do you think you can match them with the right titles?
Title 1: Guitar (1913)
Title 2: Clarinet and Violin (1913)
Title 3: Violin and Guitar (1913)
Please go to this Picasso Gallery site if you want to find the answers!
Later in his Career, Picasso focused on painting portraits, Girl with a Boat (Maya Picasso), painted in 1938.
What do you think? Do you want to try making a cubist portrait like Picasso's? Go to the Mr. Picassohead website and try it out.
You may visit the MEET THE GREAT ARTISTS page to find out about other artists!
